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Jordan's struggles in the front office aren't unique. He joins a long list of ex-NBA superstars who were somewhat less-stellar executives. The Wall Street Journal examined the careers of 10 NBA Hall of Famers who went on to careers in management, ranking them by their career win percentages. Only three have cumulative records above .500 in their management roles. Jerry West leads the pack with a .629 winning percentage. He won four championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. Joe Dumars, a former Detroit Pistons player, led the team to a title from the front office in 2004. Wall Street Journal

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Warriors executive board member Jerry West said guard Monta Ellis was maybe his favorite player but the trade was worth the risk. Actually, risk is too strong of a word. “Frankly, I don’t see a risk here myself,” West said before Wednesday’s game atBoston. “I don’t. We get one of the best big men in the league. Period.” Contra Costa Times

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West called Bogut the third-best center in the league and said the future rewards from the trade outweigh the setback the Warriors will endure now. He all but salivated at the prospects of putting Bogut with forward David Lee, point guard Stephen Curry and rookie swingman Klay Thompson. West said he recognizes Ellis had a special place in the hearts of fans. But losing Ellis, and even second-year big Ekpe Udoh, was a necessary casualty. West pointed out that the league is pining for centers and said several teams wanted Bogut. That the Warriors had what it took to land Bogut was a good thing. “I think next year, oh my goodness. If I were a fan, I’d be very, very excited,” West said, later adding, “You cannot judge a trade by what happens today. I think you have to look at what happens in the future. I think there’s a lot of people particularly in the league, who I talked to, that thought we did really well.” Contra Costa Times

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West said he recognizes Ellis had a special place in the hearts of fans. But losing Ellis, and even second-year big Ekpe Udoh, was a necessary casualty. West pointed out that the league is pining for centers and said several teams wanted Bogut. That the Warriors had what it took to land Bogut was a good thing. “I think next year, oh my goodness. If I were a fan, I’d be very, very excited,” West said, later adding, “You cannot judge a trade by what happens today. I think you have to look at what happens in the future. I think there’s a lot of people particularly in the league, who I talked to, that thought we did really well.” Contra Costa Times

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"… I think what Kobe really probably wants is just be informed. As a leader, as a future Hall of Famer, as a guy who has brought five championships to the Lakers and the fans of Los Angeles, he just wants to probably have more communication, probably like he did when Phil Jackson was there and he worked well with Mitch. I don't think that Kobe feels he's got that type of relationship or the communication has been there with Jim. "So, I think what has to probably happen is sit Kobe down [and] Jim, sit him down [too] and say, 'Hey, Dr. Buss was the master at taking you to lunch or taking you to dinner and really going over what he thought about, or what he was thinking and what he wanted to do with the team and Jerry West was great at that as well.' Kobe, Mitch and Jim just got to get on the same page and it will be OK." ESPN.com

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When Bryant was informed at shootaround about Johnson's suggestion for a sitdown between him and Jim Buss he only offered a one-word response -- "perhaps." As for why Bryant made the comments in the first place that would necessitate the meeting with him and Buss? "Nobody else is going to say it," Bryant said. "I'm the only one with cojones big enough to say it, so I said it." ESPN.com

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Hall of Famer and current Warriors executive Jerry West joined "The Dan Patrick Show" on Wednesday and said he wasn't placing blame on anyone in the Golden State organization for parting ways with Lin. “To me, you don’t place blame,” West said. “You give credit. And all the credit goes to Jeremy. It’s an unbelievable story. There’s no blame here. It’s just some people didn’t see what he had inside. He’s just a terrific player. I couldn’t be more happy for him.” CSN Chicago

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He said the team was trying to sign DeAndre Jordan (who ended up staying with the Clippers) and they needed to waive some players. West went on to say that Lin will be in New York "for awhile" because he is well suited for the team. “I think this is going to be one of the best stories we’ve seen in the NBA in years and years and years,” said West. CSN Chicago

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Two sources familiar with the workout said Arenas moved well and made a positive impression, but there was no sense of how quickly – if at all – the Lakers would pursue signing him to a free-agent contract. Besides Kupchak, Golden State Warriors consultant Jerry West attended the workout, too, sources told Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! Sports

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“He was just watching,” one league source said. Yahoo! Sports

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That was months ago. Not a ton has happened. The Warriors are still stuck in limbo. OK, I had to ask, flat out: Jerry, are the Warriors listening to you? “We have a lot of open discussions,” West said of his relationship with GM Larry Riley, assistant GM Bob Myers, and Joe and Kirk Lacob. “I was up there last week, maybe I’m there more than you think. We talked about draft picks and rosters and talked about a lot of different names. “They’ve been very engaging to me. Now at the end of the day, they’re going to make the decision. “But we’ve had really good rapport and the guys there are unbelievably hard-working. Very impressed with the work ethic. Very impressed. Obviously, Joe wants something fantastic to happen.” San Jose Mercury-News

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Jerry West readily admits that he hasn't had a major impact on the Warriors in his role as executive board member, but that might be about to change. "The Logo," a 14-time All-Star as a player and twice the league's Executive of the Year as a general manager, has acted merely as a remote adviser for the Warriors thus far. He says that he'll be a regular in the Bay Area after this weekend's Northern Trust Open charity golf tournament in Southern California, and that the Warriors might be closer to becoming a playoff team than their 9-14 record indicates. "I'm going to be up here a lot more. I think something can be done here, and it's kind of fun for me," said West, who watches every game on a 60-inch TV from his Bel Air home and talks regularly with general manager Larry Riley, assistant GM Bob Myers and co-owner Joe Lacob. "It's a challenge, but it can happen in a year's time if we can get lucky with a few things." San Francisco Chronicle

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West isn't suggesting the Warriors "blow up" their roster just yet. In fact, he's not certain it's even possible right now - though he says he has left trade talks to Riley and Myers to this point. If the Warriors draft a difference-maker in the first round, select a player from a stocked draft pool early in the second and smartly use more than $10 million in salary-cap space this offseason, West thinks they'll have "assets" or "chips" that start opening up more trade talks. "We need more chips, more players, and we'll have the capability next year," he said. "We need to solve our one glaring need at center, and once you have some chips, that's when you can make a trade or shake things up to get something you don't have. It's challenging, but I'm confident that it can be done." San Francisco Chronicle

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Jerry West is plenty busy these days as a consultant for the Golden State Warriors and executive director of the Northern Trust Open, which tees off next Thursday at Riviera Country Club. But he has also kept an eye on the Lakers, the franchise for which he became a Hall of Fame player and, later, general manager. West conceded that many of the Lakers' performances had been "spotty" and "looked like exhibition games," but insisted there were better days ahead. "The Lakers will be very dangerous in the playoffs," he said in a phone interview Thursday with The Times. "They need rest between games. The way they're playing now on the road, they haven't had the kind of success they need. But they're still very capable." Los Angeles Times

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Jerry West on the Warriors job he took in May, which reportedly included stake as a minority owner ... "First of all, you have to consider my title -- advisor -- OK? I've been up there quite a few times, and obviously I communicate with [assistant general manager] Bob [Meyers], [general manager] Larry [Riley] and [owner] Joe [Lacob]. ... I watch all the games, watch the team, try to look for areas where I think there's maybe glaring areas of help needed and try to convey that to everyone up there. "I think you have to be objective, to understand that there's a process to building a team that can endure for a while. And I think it's very obvious to me since I've been there that we need more assets as a team. ... You have owners up there who really want to accomplish something, and they're not going to leave a stone unturned in getting that. But every time we have an opportunity to draft, every time we have an opportunity to sign a free agent that's signable -- and signable means restricted and/or teams that may not match other players offers -- I think we have to do that to create the talent pool up there." SI.com

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According to former Los Angeles Lakers general manager Jerry West, teams needn't worry so much about a superstar demanding to be traded. West, being careful not to mention players by name, alluded to situations like the one the Orlando Magic currently faces with Dwight Howard, saying there's no reason teams should give into those demands. Asked what he would do as a lead executive in a situation where a superstar has made it known he wants out, the ex-Laker executive said it was fairly clear-cut. "I honestly think I'd call their bluff," West said in an interview on 710 ESPN's Mason and Ireland show Thursday, not mentioning Howard specifically. "I really would, because I don't think any agent or player is going to leave $30 million on the table. "I just don't believe that's going to happen." ESPN.com

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He cited that as the primary reason he wouldn't comply with a superstar's trade demands. And he also said he wouldn't want a player on his team who didn't want to be there and wouldn't want many of the players that would come back in a deal for a high-salaried superstar. "If I were an executive on a team where a player says he's going to leave, let him leave," West said on 710 ESPN's Max and Marcellus show earlier Thursday. "It would be better than saddling yourself with a bunch of players that are not going to fit in to what you're trying to do -- high-salaried players, in many cases overpaid players by today's standards, that would burden you going forward. "I'd almost rather start over again myself. You're not going to replace that player, but there's an enormous penalty there and it looks like to me like the inmates are running the asylum if you let that happen." ESPN.com

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Now working as an executive board member for the Golden State Warriors, West is keenly aware of the changing structure of the modern NBA, where superstars and their agents try to wrestle away the power to arrange deals from the teams themselves. He said that makes executives' jobs tougher, but not impossible. "You're dealing with a superstar and probably a high-profile agent who is trying to put that player's career, maybe, in an ancillary market where there might be more money available to you," West said. "Today, I think, you look at the real punitive damage when a player says, 'I want you to trade me somewhere else.'" "We have an awful lot of players who say I want to go here or I want to go there. And I think that's what takes some of the joy out of the game and particularly fans and cities that have supported teams." ESPN.com

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J. Michael Falgoust: Just finished a convo w/Jerry West, an adviser for #GSWarriors. "We need bigger bodies that do more than they’re doing right now. " #nba Twitter

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At 66-years-old, Pat Riley is eligible for retirement, but Jerry West doesn't believe the Miami Heat president will be going anywhere soon. "I was talking to Pat, and I told him, 'Don't walk away from something,'" West, the Hall of Famer who called Riley his "best friend," said Wednesday in a phone interview with FOX Sports Florida. "I would be shocked if he did (anytime soon). . . If I were him, I would stay there and watch them win championships." FOXSports Florida

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